Category: News
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What You Can Learn From Carol Greider’s Nobel-Winning Discovery
Carol Greider, 60, overcame many challenges on her way to Nobel Laureate. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/Newscom) Curt Schleier | August 5, 2021 | Investor’s Business DailyWhat’s one of Carol Greider’s surprising secrets to success? She wears blinders to block out obstacles. Read “What You Can Learn From Carol Greider’s Nobel-Winning Discovery”
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Eliminating RNA-binding protein improves survival in aggressive leukemia
Scientists find that removing IGF2BP3 selectively targets cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone. Denise Heady | July 28, 2021 | UCLA Other study authors included Jaspal Bassi, Neha Nibber, Tasha Lin, Jayanth Palanichamy, Amit Jaiswal, May Paing, and Jennifer King, all of UCLA; Julia Philipp, Jolene Draper, Sol Katzman and Jeremy Sanford of UC…
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UC Santa Cruz’s Karen Miga explains the importance of completing the human genome.
UC Santa Cruz’s Karen Miga explains the importance of completing the human genome in Discover Magazine. Read the full article in Discover Magazine.
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‘Life as We Made It’ Review: Our Artificial Reality
Human minds and human tools don’t just reshape the physical world, but the very evolution of other creatures. Adrian Woolfson | Wall Street Journal | November 3, 2021 When the first European settlers arrived in America, huge flocks of wild passenger pigeons were observed in the skies. Read Adrian Woolfson’s review of ‘Life as We…
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They’re testing your what? Wastewater plays growing role in search for COVID-19 countywide
The Watsonville Wastewater Treatment Plant serves about 55,000 residents in the city and surrounding areas. (Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Nick Ibara, Mallory Pickett | Lookout Santa Cruz | January 17, 2021Once or twice each week, biomolecular engineer David Bernick meets the head of Watsonville’s water quality lab in a grocery store parking lot.…
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UC Santa Cruz’s Karen Miga Prominently Featured in Nature’s Top Technology to Watch in 2022
Seven technologies to watch in 2022 January 25, 2022 | Nature | Michael Einstein Roughly one-tenth of the human genome remained uncharted when genomics researchers Karen Miga at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Adam Phillippy at the National Human Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, launched the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium in 2019. Now,…
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Researchers recover ancient mammoth tusk during deep-sea expedition
A team of researchers from UC Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, and University of Michigan are studying the tusk retrieved from deep waters off the California coast Randy Prickett (left) pilots MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Doc Ricketts while senior scientist Steven Haddock (right) documents the mammoth tusk before beginning the retrieval operation.…
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UCSC team scores gold for second straight year at iGEM synthetic biology competition
December 03, 2021 | Melissa Weckerle | UCSC For the second year in a row, a team of UC Santa Cruz undergraduates won a gold medal at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Jamboree. The annual competition brings together student teams from around the world to present synthetic biology projects that aim to address pressing global…
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A new way to find genetic variations removes bias from human genotyping
Previous genomic research has used a single reference genome, but now researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed an effective new tool for mapping genetic variants to better represent human diversity in sequencing data.
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UCSC signs $3M state contract to deliver a public health data platform for pathogen genomics
One-year, $3 million contract with the California Department of Public Health will galvanize pandemic-related genomic data analysis efforts for the public good Under an agreement with the California Department of Public Health, UCSC will develop a platform to overlay genomic data with public health information. September 2, 2021 | Alexis Morgan | UCSC UC Santa…
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NIH funds Center for Live Cell Genomics at UC Santa Cruz
September 27, 2021 | Tim Stephens | UCSC A new Center for Live Cell Genomics, funded by a five-year, $13.5-million grant from the National Institutes of Health, will bring together researchers at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute to develop new methods and experimental platforms for biomedical research using live cells and tissues. The center will deploy…
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Biologist Upasna Sharma wins $1.18 million grant from Templeton Foundation
New funding will advance Sharma’s research to understand how the effects of environmental stresses can be transmitted from one generation to the next November 03, 2021 | Tim Stephens | UCSC Upasna Sharma, assistant professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology at UC Santa Cruz, has received a $1.18 million grant from the John Templeton…